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But there is now increasing evidence that the brain can recover to an extent when drinking is reduced or stopped.
“The remarkable thing about the brain is that it is an incredibly plastic organ, and that we see neuroplasticity in the development of addiction and neuroplasticity in the ability to achieve recovery,” said James MacKillop, a clinical psychologist and the Peter Boris chair in addiction research at McMaster University. “And that’s a really important and powerful story that I think isn’t always communicated as widely as it should be.”